Our Stories

Facing unprecedented uncertainty, a young family found hope with Smile Train

Even knowing help is available isn’t always enough to remove the stigma of having a cleft.

Smile Train and KidsOR are teaming up to make pediatric surgery safer and more accessible in Tanzania's Lake Zone.
 

Our model of empowering local cleft teams makes all the difference for families like Aaron's.

How Smile Train helped a girl who nearly didn't survive infancy grow to become queen of the rink.

It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's Smile Train patient Mia from Argentina. 

Nurse Celeste always tried to avoid working with the babies with clefts in her neonatal ward because she felt unable to meet their needs. Then her son was born with a cleft.

Everyone told Gyana to abandon her daughter when she was born with a cleft; her husband threatened to kill himself if she didn't. Afraid for both their lives, she took the child and fled. 

His Wish For A Kiss